Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3a59e06c2a87bdf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-08-24 19:32:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 8cb18206d30f9158e65d90e578b16248 SHA-1: 377523596660d89a318998efd6aeaa2baeea3702 SHA-256: d3a59e06c2a87bdfe5e0104e85c2f9a1f66cc761463453326718ec0dccfad21f
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, but the presence of a link farm is a clear indicator of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://lezeckastenakosice.sk/upload/files/kugibonobelopab.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mastirz.com/userfiles/files/tulobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cwesp.biz/upload/file/pavejemopixepukovanipofop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adlinefor.com/home/webagen/public_html/korn/data/file/25372807025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fae66f9956bcbbd187cc48ed4b0bfa57/67366886159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxflowfans.com/userfiles/file/tutewokaxifogok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mingyi-lock.com/data/file/userfiles/files/xozumilel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solar-makernavi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37892218722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cc3m47abmiqrrp033qln22pj4/2530972407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e4fecea28---14809040123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tms-technology.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10958628978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dientrotiendathc.com/media/ftp/file/rusixedepobir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://campbellelectronics.com/uploads/zepojebixerana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161234cc0a7227---35223304230.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://n-v-v.dk/userfiles/file/wikegijamivasatenug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/49521911842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmcnx.com/userfiles/file/70016535427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd5278ddd2b31bc67761e65565de0b56/54487458974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2221f3bdffd767f3f4f6bba0549fdb0/96261400262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7a6bb63977---33097855304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082d44dc83c3---31120514960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfraccon.org/userfiles/file/90633894720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rcvizovice.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jipuzizuwixakipegulefimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=blood+draw+meaningPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e226.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE226 10464 bytes
SHA-256: 09c6ffce4533d0b776b3d8cb2d8c6df92445d21c593377ce882e6eed55e5d8ac
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9AB 16648 bytes
SHA-256: 8d20080b65180d517f7bc329c3f5ce6587bf8a2dfb0194aed0ad432e5787905e
font_02_sfnt_off00012487.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12487 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1